The Wandering Dust is a story of one of the most remarkable books in world literature, how it came about and how it was received. Nowhere else the banality of fascism is so mercilessly exposed as in this novel. By seemingly poking fun at it, Edgar Hilsenrath provokes moral and existential questions. The Nazi and the Barber is an ingenious study of crime and punishment, a social-psychological perspective regarding the question of how and why human beings are capable of committing atrocities. The director examines the current meaning of the book against the background of the turbulent life of the author Hilsenrath, and reflects on his relationship with Germany.
